The report, called the Implementation Study of the Electronics Recycling Standards: R2 and e-Stewards, summarizes numerous audit observations and stakeholder interviews. It positively reviewed both our e-Stewards Standard, and R2, another recycling standard, but didn't compare the different requirements of each.

We're very pleased to get high marks for implementing e-Stewards, a certification that goes above and beyond US law. The e-Stewards Standard respects the consensus of countries across the globe to ban the export of e-waste from more developed to less developed countries, by including the UN Basel Convention's Ban Amendment in its criteria.

To learn more about how you can recycle your e-waste responsibly, click here. To learn more about the EPA's report, read our release.